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Subject:	Re: portrayal of Archives in literature and movies
From:	Clay Thibodeau <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Clay Thibodeau <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 30 Oct 2014 12:56:41 +0000
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Proust's 'In Search of Lost Time' has an archivist and an historian who compete with each other at parties over such important topics as when the local apple season ends, and what exactly is hay fever (the archivist explains that it's the fashionable complaint of the day). 

Clay Thibodeau, BA, MA, MAS
Archivist
George Brown College

416.415.5000 ext 4771

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From: A forum for discussion for the Archives Assoc. of Ontario <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Christopher Doda <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 2:57 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: portrayal of Archives in literature and movies

Incidentally, I attended a  reading at the International Festival of
Authors in Toronto on Sunday where I saw Drago Jancar read from his
book 'The Tree with No Name' where the main character appears to be an
archivist from communist Slovenia. I haven't read the book so I don't
know how prominent the archives are in it, but it was mentioned during
the reading.

However, the archives feature pretty strongly in the the novel 'War &
War' by the Hungarian novelist, Laszlo Krasznahorkai (say it ten times
fast) from New Directions 2006.

Best,
Chris Doda

Quoting "Noble, Karin" <[log in to unmask]>:

> Some time ago there was a listserv discussion about the portrayal of
>  Archives in popular culture - literature, movies etc.
>
> If this project is still being pursued (or for general interest)
> check out The House Girl by Tara Conklin - especially pages 277 and
> 300. (The main character, Lina, ends up using cotton socks to handle
>  an historic document because she doesn't have gloves, but has been
> instructed not to touch without them...)
>
> http://www.taraconklin.com/the-house-girl/
>
> Karin Noble
> Archivist
> Grey Roots Museum & Archives
> 102599 Grey Road 18
> Owen Sound, ON N4K 5N6
> Phone: +1 519-376-3690 ext. 6113
> Fax: +1 519-376-4654
> [log in to unmask]
> http://www.greyroots.com
> http://www.grey.ca
> http://www.visitgrey.ca
>
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>

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